Roger II

British  

/ ˈrɒdʒə /

noun

1. 1095–1154, Norman king of Siciliy (1130–54). His court was an intellectual centre for Muslim and Christian scholars

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Example Sentences

The 12th century Moroccan nobleman Al-Idrisi, for example, produced a world map for Roger II of Sicily that swelled his kingdom so that it was approximately half the size of the Iberian Peninsula.

From Time Magazine Archive

He took up his residence in Sicily under the patronage of the Norman king, Roger II.,

From Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 by Tennent, James Emerson, Sir

This profession he soon abandoned, and his "good star," to quote the Proven�al biography, led him to the court of Adelaide, daughter of Raimon V. of Toulouse, who had married in 1171 Roger II.,

From The Troubadours by Chaytor, H.J.

Whatever effort of fancy was needed to place Duke William and Harold in the old refectory of 1058, none whatever is required in order to see his successors in the halls of Roger II.

From Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres by Adams, Henry

At the request of King Roger II of Sicily he constructed a globe with a map of the earth, which represented all the geographical knowledge of the age.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various